KEARSARGE

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Mohican Class Screw Sloop of War Keel Laid (Date unknown) - Launched September 11 1861 USS KEARSARGE Commissioned January 24 1862 - Decommissioned November 26 1864 Recommissioned April 1 1865 - Decommissioned August 14 1866 Recommissioned January 16 1868 - Decommissioned October 11 1870 Recommissioned December 8 1873 - Decommissioned January 15 1878 Recommissioned May 15 1879 - Decommissioned December 1 1886 Recommissioned November 2 1888 LOST (wrecked) February 2 1894 on Roncador Reef off Central America Struck from Naval Register 1894

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning January 24 1862 to November 26 1864

 

New York CDS

c1862-05-10

Note:

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4th Commissioning December 8 1873 to January 15 1878

 

Bethlehem PA CDS Yokohama Japan CDS

1877-07-30 to 1877-08-29

Posted to U.S.S. KEARSARGE at Nagasaki
Back...New York carrier 7-31

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5th Commissioning May 15 1879 to December 1 1886

 

Rome Italy CDS / numeral grid

1881

No image

Posted to U.S.S. KEARSARGE at Italy

 

Southampton GB grid

1884-08-15 to 1884-08-20

Posted to U.S.S. KEARSARGE at Malaga Spain
Back...U.S. Consulate at Malaga

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Civil War Medal

NAMESAKE - A mountain in Merrimack County, N.H.

 

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